irritating

B2
US /ˈɪrəˌteɪtɪŋ/
adj verb Freq #10846

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    causing physical discomfort

    bites of black flies are more than irritating

  2. 2
    adj

    Causing irritation, annoyance or pain.

    irritating bureaucracy

  3. 3
    adj

    causing irritation or annoyance

  4. 4
    adj

    (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite

  5. 5
    adj

    Stimulating or exciting a response.

  6. 6
    verb

    present participle and gerund of irritate

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · causing physical discomfort painful
3 adj · causing irritation or... plaguey
4 adj · (used of physical stimuli)... irritative
Word family
Derived forms irritainmentirritatinglynonirritatingunirritating

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